Assignment 1 – Online Games on Pearltree or equivalent (5 points) Assignment 2 – SmartBoard Resource from SmartExchange (5 points) Assignment 3 – SmartBoard Self-Created Resource (with interactive games) (10 points) Assignment 4 – iPad Activity (5 points) Assignment 5 – TPACK Chart (5 points) Assignment 6 – iMovie Project (10 points) (Technology in the Classroom Video) Assignment 7 – Excel Worksheets (10 points) Assignment 8 – School Survey (5 points) (Answers to two questions. These should be on your Wiki Page.) Assignment 9 – Teaching Assistantship Video (10 points) Assignment 10 – Integrating Technology Lesson Plan with Reflections (15 points) Assignment 11 – Tech Lesson Presentation (5 points) (Cancelled activity, Bonus points) Assignment 12 – TaskStream Portfolio (5 points) Class attendance and participation (5 points) Sharing of Tech Project done during class - (5 points) Total: 100 points
Late Assignments due DECEMBER 10.
Check your grade book DECEMBER 11.
Make up work may be accepted until DECEMBER 13, but only for Assignments 8 - 12.
Happy Holidays!
LAST DAY:
Note: SmartBoard Seminar Certificates available
1. Finalize Teaching Assistantship Video
When you are done,
a. Publish on YouTube, Check on Wiki or re-embed
b. Go to SHARE, Export Movie (medium). Find the m4v file and this upload on TaskStream.
2. Submissions to TaskStream
Block 1 Portfolio
Graphic Organizer: Upload your TPACK in PDF Format
Digital Movie: Upload your Teaching Assistantship Video in .m4v format (or whatever format was created when you exported it.)
3. Grades
Check on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
If you see any missing score, put on your wiki and email me.
Nov 27, 2012
1. TaskStream Submissions
2. Submit hardcopy of lesson plan, reflections
3. Work on Teaching Assistantship Video
TASKSTREAM
To upload assignments for your various Block I classes on TaskStream:
1. Log on to your TaskStream
2. ENTER CODE Block1Fall2012
Search > Enroll > Start working on your DRF.
3. To upload a lesson plan, go to the specific course, then click on ATTACHMENT > Artifact created on TaskStream > Lesson Plans > Look for the specific lesson plan.
If you have any questions, send me an email so I can clarify.
Field Assignments
Assignment 8 – School Survey (5 points) – if you haven’t finished it a. What technology equipments are available in the classroom? Is there a SmartBoard? a SmartTable? Are there iPads? Is there a projector? a document camera? b. Which technologies were used during field experience? How were they used? How often were they used? Post answers to these questions on your Wiki page.
Assignment 9 – Teaching Assistantship Video (10 points) – You’ll need to add photographs of you teaching with technology to the iMovie project made earlier. Assignment 10 – Integrating Technology Lesson Plan with Reflections (15 points) – Lesson plan done collaboratively with your partner. Remember to add the technology literacy standards. Reflections are individual, with a focus on your use of technology. What worked? What didn't? What would you do differently next time? What other technologies would you like to learn to use in the future?
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October 30, 2012
1. Making Sense of Data using Excel part 2
2. Google Drive: Forms
3. Field Assignments
Assignment 8 – School Survey (5 points) – if you haven’t finished it Assignment 9 – Teaching Assistantship Video (10 points) – You’ll need to add photographs of you teaching with technology to the iMovie project made earlier. Assignment 10 – Integrating Technology Lesson Plan with Reflections (15 points) – Done with your partner. Reflections are individual, with a focus on your use of technology.
October 23, 2012
1. Google Apps for Teachers: Google Drive
a. Google Drive - for documents, spreadsheets, presentations
"cloud computing"
easily accessible
great for collaboration
October 16, 2012 - Finish iMovie Project (10 points)
1. Video Checklist:
2. Get Started with YouTube
If you already have a Google or Gmail account, use the same username and password when signing up for YouTube. If you do not have a Google account, you'll be asked to create one when you sign up. Remember that the username and password you choose when creating your account can be used for all the other Google apps such as Google Drive and Google Sites. We will use these apps later.
Once signed in, locate your username (upper right hand corner). Click on the button with your username. Click on My Channel and follow the prompts for setting it up. Then click on Video Manager. This is where you can find all the videos you upload on YouTube.
3. Upload your iMovie video on YouTube
When your iMovie video project is finished, click on SHARE > YOUTUBE > ADD ACCOUNT (add your username and password) > Category: Education > ADD TITLE Teaching Assistantship > Size: Large > UNCHECK Make this movie personal. > UPLOAD. Wait for a couple of minutes. A window will pop up with a link. Copy this link and view your project.
ADVANCE SKILLS CHALLENGE: Find out how to edit information about your YouTube video. Be sure to let me know when you find out!
4. Embed your YouTube video on Wiki.
First, go to your video's main page on YouTube. Click SHARE (located below the video) > EMBED > An embed code will appear. Scroll down and make sure to uncheck "Show suggested videos when the video finishes." Copy the embed code.
Now go to your wiki page. Click on WIDGET > Other HTML > Paste the embed code. > Save the page.
1. While waiting for class to begin, start downloading your photos.
The best option is to import your photos in iPhoto. Open iPhoto > File > Import Photo > locate your photos.
If you're downloading from Facebook, right click on the picture and select ADD PHOTO TO IPHOTO LIBRARY. Be sure to download the full photo and not the thumbnail (a smaller image). Thumbnail images will pixelate in iMovie. Pixelated images look fuzzy and decreases the quality of your work.
2. Submit TPACK Charts
Submit TPACK charts - hard copy to me, upload in PDF form on Wiki, too.
3. Share Field Observations
4. Using Videos in Instruction
Videos are great teaching tools for presenting information and demonstrating procedures. Videos are engaging and easier to comprehend than written text. It's often better to "show" than "tell", right?
You will have one video project in this class: your teaching video, which you will start today but finish when you return from the field. In this project, you will use still photos. Next semester, you will have two video projects: an instructional video and a video of you teaching with technology. Those will involve video clips.
5. Let's watch a few examples of previous projects.
6. First step: Editing your Photos
Open iPhoto. Go to FILE > Import photos. Import your school photos. Take a look and do the necessary editing, such as cropping. Double click on a photo, click EDIT, and CROP. It's best to CONSTRAIN to 4 x 3 for our video project (or 1920 x 1080 if you want it in HD). Rotate photos that needs to be rotated. I'll do a demonstration in class.
1. Import photos to iPhoto. Go to iPhoto. FILE, Import photo, look for the photos you want to import. 2. Launch iMovie 11. 3. Create a new iMovie project. 4.Click on the camera button and you will see photos in your iPhoto. Insert the ones you want to include. 5. Add textual information: Your name, school placement, mentor teacher, grade level. 6. Add a section on "Technology in my Classroom" and/or "Technology at School" 7. Your project gets automatically saved. At this point, it is an iMovie project that you can't share with others yet. 8. Now, although this is partially finished, publish this project. Click on SHARE, upload to your YouTube. Do you have a Google Account? If not create one now. You will need to create your channel. If you have a Google Account, use the same username and password to get started with YouTube. Publish your partially finished teaching video on YouTube and embed (as a widget) within your Wiki Page.
For next week:
YOU TUBE - If you do not have a Google account yet, get one. One username and password is used for all Google apps, including YouTube.
You'll need to set up a channel, too. You Tube is where we will post your videos.
1. Field Assignments for Tech Lab 2 during Initial Field Days
Assignments are due upon your return on October 9, 2012.
1. Take photographs of the school building, your classroom, and technology available in your classroom. Post it where it will be accessible on October 9.
2. Examine the technology available in the classroom.
Answer the following questions:
a. What technology equipments are available in the classroom? Is there a SmartBoard? a SmartTable? Are there iPads? Is there a projector? a document camera?
b. Which technologies were used during your three days in the field? How were they used? How often were they used?
3. Fill up a TPACK Chart
Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge When planning for technology integration, a TPACK chart can help map out important information we can use. During your initial visit, download and fill out a TPACK chart. The following guide questions may help you fill up the TPACK chart:
CONTENT: the topic you will be teaching during your teaching assistantship, lesson objectives, standards
PEDAGOGY: learner age and grade level, learner characteristics (what are they like, what do they like, what are they interested in, how best to teach this age group), and teaching strategies for your topic (e.g. will games work? manipulatives? stories? role playing? other hands-on activities?)
TECHNOLOGY: What technologies are available in the classroom? Do you have a SmartBoard? Teacher station? LCD projector? Document camera? Internet access? What technology skills are you bringing into the classroom? What can you use when you teach the topic to these particular students?
When you have filled this up, save it using the filename "TPACK yourname.docx" . Turn this document into PDF. To turn it into PDF, while on Word on your Mac, click on Print > PDF > Save as PDF.
Upload the PDF version on your wiki page. On your wiki page, go to edit mode > click on File, upload your file, and insert on your page.
DUE: October 9, 2012
2. Classroom Photography – Tips for taking great classroom scenes
Don't get in the teacher's way. Don't set anything up unless you absolutely have to. Don't ask student to do anything like raise a hand in class.
Tips for Photo Taking
There are a lot of simple and helpful photography tips that can improve the quality of pictures. A few changes in the way you approach taking a photo can make a tremendous difference.
Take a photo from an unusual angle.
Get to eye level with your subject, not pointed down.
Be sure to snap several photographs of the same subject to end up with a selection of shots to choose from.
Crouch down to photographobjects that are low to the ground.
Be sure to use a high quality setting on the camera.
Zoom in on the subject of the photograph.
Horizontal photographs will work better with our iMovie project.
Be sure to use a flash if the lighting is poor.
Try using a tripod when taking photographs.
Remember to pack spare batteries and a memory card.
If taking photos with your phone, get close to your subject. Be sure your phone has been fully charged.
Be sure to take into account the background behind the subject of a photograph.
Setting up an iPad for teaching Exploring iPad apps Assignment 4 – iPad Activity (5 points) Search for an application that teachers can use. It should either be (a) appropriate for the grade level you have been assigned to, or (b) a teacher app that can help you with classroom management, or (c) a teacher resource app. Create a one-page poster with the image of the app, a brief description of the app, and a teaching idea.
To get a screenshot of the app, go to the spotlight and search for GRAB. With your browser open to the particular app, click on Grab, Capture, Selection. Save it. Grab automatically saves in TIFF format. You can insert this image on to your Word document.
To turn your Word document into PDF, go to Print > PDF > Save as PDF. Upload the PDF version on to your wiki.
September 25, 2012
Note to class: Dr. Jodi Nichols, Mr. Jason Huber, and Mrs. Melissa Blank came and showed you SmartBoard tips and tricks on their own time to help you learn how to use SmartBoards. They have given us a big favor. Let's discuss ideas on how best to let them know we appreciate their efforts. If you can get started with a short note on what you learned, that will be great.
1. Sharing Session - 5 points to 3 - 4 people who will share a SmartBoard resource
2. Assignment 3: Creating your own SmartBoard Resource. (10 points) Start a new notebook file. Add a title page with a title of your short lesson, your name, FSU, and Fall 2012. Insert appropriate illustrations. This lesson could be on anything. I suggest you pick a topic you love and are very knowledgeable about. Add a lesson presentation page where you present your short lesson. Add 2 pages with games for reinforcing learning. Add a final "Remember!" page for closing your mini lesson.
Grading: Page 1 - Complete information and illustration, page visually appealing - 2 points Page 2 - Sufficient information and visuals on lesson, page visually appealing - 2 points Page 3 and 4 - Games work - 2 points each Page 5 - Good closing information, page visually appealing - 2 points
September 18 - optional attendance
I will be around to help you with your SmartBoard assignments.
September 21 - FRIDAY, 9 - 11 am - SmartBoard Workshop at the Block Rooms
Required attendance. Be there. Aside from me and the tech lab GAs, there will be several experts coming just to show you how to use the SmartBoard. We're all doing this especially for you!
Mr. Jason Huber, Allegany County Technology Infusion Specialist
Mrs. Melissa Blank, Allegany County Technology Infusion Specialist
Dr. Jodi Nichols, FSU
4. Topic: Integrating Technology into Teaching; Levels of Technology Integration (LoTI)
5. Lab: Intro to SmartBoards
6. SmartNotebook
Smart Notebook is the software you use to create interactive teaching materials for the SmartBoard.
Locate Smart Notebook on your Mac. Use the magnifier (upper right hand corner) to search for it. Type in "Smart Notebook." Launch the program by double clicking on it.
When it first opens, you'll find a tutorial. Go through this tutorial to become familiar with the program. Keep in mind, though, that there are a few tricks that won't work since you are on a desktop and not a SmartBoard. One example is the activity in which you are supposed to "flick" a basketball. Can't do that on your desktop. This module is great for introducing you to SmartNotebook so please be patient and go through this learning material.
7. Smart Exchange: Locating, Evaluating and Downloading Resources Go to this link. Join for free. Then find a good teacher-made resource. Click on a resource. Go through the pages by clicking the . Evaluate it. You are looking for a resource that is interactive.
Not so good example: Saving at the Supermarket - This is no better than a PowerPoint slide presentation.
Better example: Place Value
Best example: Groundhog Day
If you think it is really good, go back to SmartExchange and print out the page about this resource. Your print-out should look like this:
Download it on your desktop and try out the interactive elements. Open the file using SmartNotebook.
8. Create your own resource. Now try your hand at creating your own SmartNotebook resource. It is very similar to creating a PowerPoint presentation. The difference is, you can add interactive elements, such as a game. For your resource, you will need: 1. A first page with title and your name 2. An introduction or lesson presentation page 3. A game 4. Another game 5. A closing page with a reminder for students, e.g. "Keep in mind..."
Lab: Set up your PearlTree and embed on your wiki page. (See a PearlTree example below.)
Homework 1: Locate at least one online game for each subject area at the grade level you are teaching. Add links to these games on your PearlTree
Homework 2 : Read Levels of Technology Integration (LoTI). Think of examples of teachers you know for each level. What impact does technology integration have on student learning?
Final List of Requirements
Assignment 1 – Online Games on Pearltree or equivalent (5 points)
Assignment 2 – SmartBoard Resource from SmartExchange (5 points)
Assignment 3 – SmartBoard Self-Created Resource (with interactive games) (10 points)
Assignment 4 – iPad Activity (5 points)
Assignment 5 – TPACK Chart (5 points)
Assignment 6 – iMovie Project (10 points) (Technology in the Classroom Video)
Assignment 7 – Excel Worksheets (10 points)
Assignment 8 – School Survey (5 points) (Answers to two questions. These should be on your Wiki Page.)
Assignment 9 – Teaching Assistantship Video (10 points)
Assignment 10 – Integrating Technology Lesson Plan with Reflections (15 points)
Assignment 11 – Tech Lesson Presentation (5 points) (Cancelled activity, Bonus points)
Assignment 12 – TaskStream Portfolio (5 points)
Class attendance and participation (5 points)
Sharing of Tech Project done during class - (5 points)
Total: 100 points
Late Assignments due DECEMBER 10.
Check your grade book DECEMBER 11.
Make up work may be accepted until DECEMBER 13, but only for Assignments 8 - 12.
Happy Holidays!
LAST DAY:
Note: SmartBoard Seminar Certificates available
1. Finalize Teaching Assistantship Video
When you are done,a. Publish on YouTube, Check on Wiki or re-embed
b. Go to SHARE, Export Movie (medium). Find the m4v file and this upload on TaskStream.
2. Submissions to TaskStream
Block 1 PortfolioGraphic Organizer: Upload your TPACK in PDF Format
Digital Movie: Upload your Teaching Assistantship Video in .m4v format (or whatever format was created when you exported it.)
3. Grades
Check on Tuesday, December 11, 2012If you see any missing score, put on your wiki and email me.
Nov 27, 2012
1. TaskStream Submissions2. Submit hardcopy of lesson plan, reflections
3. Work on Teaching Assistantship Video
TASKSTREAM
To upload assignments for your various Block I classes on TaskStream:
1. Log on to your TaskStream
2. ENTER CODE Block1Fall2012
Search > Enroll > Start working on your DRF.
3. To upload a lesson plan, go to the specific course, then click on ATTACHMENT > Artifact created on TaskStream > Lesson Plans > Look for the specific lesson plan.
If you have any questions, send me an email so I can clarify.
Field Assignments
Assignment 8 – School Survey (5 points) – if you haven’t finished it
a. What technology equipments are available in the classroom? Is there a SmartBoard? a SmartTable? Are there iPads? Is there a projector? a document camera?
b. Which technologies were used during field experience? How were they used? How often were they used?
Post answers to these questions on your Wiki page.
Assignment 9 – Teaching Assistantship Video (10 points) – You’ll need to add photographs of you teaching with technology to the iMovie project made earlier.
Assignment 10 – Integrating Technology Lesson Plan with Reflections (15 points) – Lesson plan done collaboratively with your partner. Remember to add the technology literacy standards. Reflections are individual, with a focus on your use of technology. What worked? What didn't? What would you do differently next time? What other technologies would you like to learn to use in the future?
- -
October 30, 2012
1. Making Sense of Data using Excel part 2
2. Google Drive: Forms
3. Field Assignments
Assignment 8 – School Survey (5 points) – if you haven’t finished it
Assignment 9 – Teaching Assistantship Video (10 points) – You’ll need to add photographs of you teaching with technology to the iMovie project made earlier.
Assignment 10 – Integrating Technology Lesson Plan with Reflections (15 points) – Done with your partner. Reflections are individual, with a focus on your use of technology.
October 23, 2012
1. Google Apps for Teachers: Google Drive
a. Google Drive - for documents, spreadsheets, presentations
"cloud computing"
easily accessible
great for collaboration
b. Making Sense of Data using Excel
October 16, 2012 - Finish iMovie Project (10 points)
1. Video Checklist:
2. Get Started with YouTube
If you already have a Google or Gmail account, use the same username and password when signing up for YouTube.
If you do not have a Google account, you'll be asked to create one when you sign up. Remember that the username and password you choose when creating your account can be used for all the other Google apps such as Google Drive and Google Sites. We will use these apps later.
Once signed in, locate your username (upper right hand corner). Click on the button with your username. Click on My Channel and follow the prompts for setting it up. Then click on Video Manager. This is where you can find all the videos you upload on YouTube.
3. Upload your iMovie video on YouTube
When your iMovie video project is finished, click on SHARE > YOUTUBE > ADD ACCOUNT (add your username and password) > Category: Education > ADD TITLE Teaching Assistantship > Size: Large > UNCHECK Make this movie personal. > UPLOAD. Wait for a couple of minutes. A window will pop up with a link. Copy this link and view your project.
Click here for a video tutorial.
ADVANCE SKILLS CHALLENGE: Find out how to edit information about your YouTube video. Be sure to let me know when you find out!
4. Embed your YouTube video on Wiki.
First, go to your video's main page on YouTube. Click SHARE (located below the video) > EMBED > An embed code will appear. Scroll down and make sure to uncheck "Show suggested videos when the video finishes." Copy the embed code.Now go to your wiki page. Click on WIDGET > Other HTML > Paste the embed code. > Save the page.
Voila! Watch and enjoy!
5. Extra! Extra! Ten Ways to Use YouTube in your Classroom
Next Week: Assessment Tools and Excel
October 9, 2012
1. While waiting for class to begin, start downloading your photos.
The best option is to import your photos in iPhoto. Open iPhoto > File > Import Photo > locate your photos.If you're downloading from Facebook, right click on the picture and select ADD PHOTO TO IPHOTO LIBRARY. Be sure to download the full photo and not the thumbnail (a smaller image). Thumbnail images will pixelate in iMovie. Pixelated images look fuzzy and decreases the quality of your work.
2. Submit TPACK Charts
Submit TPACK charts - hard copy to me, upload in PDF form on Wiki, too.
3. Share Field Observations
4. Using Videos in Instruction
Videos are great teaching tools for presenting information and demonstrating procedures. Videos are engaging and easier to comprehend than written text. It's often better to "show" than "tell", right?
You will have one video project in this class: your teaching video, which you will start today but finish when you return from the field. In this project, you will use still photos. Next semester, you will have two video projects: an instructional video and a video of you teaching with technology. Those will involve video clips.
5. Let's watch a few examples of previous projects.
6. First step: Editing your Photos
Open iPhoto. Go to FILE > Import photos. Import your school photos. Take a look and do the necessary editing, such as cropping. Double click on a photo, click EDIT, and CROP. It's best to CONSTRAIN to 4 x 3 for our video project (or 1920 x 1080 if you want it in HD). Rotate photos that needs to be rotated. I'll do a demonstration in class.
7. Getting to Know iMovie
Introduction to iMovie 11More iMovie Tutorials
Step 1: Start a Project
Step 2: Add Photos
Step 3: Add a Theme
Step 4: Add Textual Information
Step 5: Publish and Share your Video
8. Getting Started with your Teaching Video
1. Import photos to iPhoto. Go to iPhoto. FILE, Import photo, look for the photos you want to import.
2. Launch iMovie 11.
3. Create a new iMovie project.
4.Click on the camera button and you will see photos in your iPhoto. Insert the ones you want to include.
5. Add textual information: Your name, school placement, mentor teacher, grade level.
6. Add a section on "Technology in my Classroom" and/or "Technology at School"
7. Your project gets automatically saved. At this point, it is an iMovie project that you can't share with others yet.
8. Now, although this is partially finished, publish this project. Click on SHARE, upload to your YouTube.
Do you have a Google Account? If not create one now. You will need to create your channel.
If you have a Google Account, use the same username and password to get started with YouTube.
Publish your partially finished teaching video on YouTube and embed (as a widget) within your Wiki Page.
For next week:
YOU TUBE - If you do not have a Google account yet, get one. One username and password is used for all Google apps, including YouTube.
You'll need to set up a channel, too. You Tube is where we will post your videos.
Ten Ways to Use YouTube in Your Classroom
October 2, 2012
1. Field Assignments for Tech Lab 2 during Initial Field Days
Assignments are due upon your return on October 9, 2012.
1. Take photographs of the school building, your classroom, and technology available in your classroom. Post it where it will be accessible on October 9.
Daniel Miller's School Tech Photos
2. Examine the technology available in the classroom.
Answer the following questions:a. What technology equipments are available in the classroom? Is there a SmartBoard? a SmartTable? Are there iPads? Is there a projector? a document camera?
b. Which technologies were used during your three days in the field? How were they used? How often were they used?
3. Fill up a TPACK Chart
Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge
When planning for technology integration, a TPACK chart can help map out important information we can use. During your initial visit, download and fill out a TPACK chart. The following guide questions may help you fill up the TPACK chart:
CONTENT: the topic you will be teaching during your teaching assistantship, lesson objectives, standards
PEDAGOGY: learner age and grade level, learner characteristics (what are they like, what do they like, what are they interested in, how best to teach this age group), and teaching strategies for your topic (e.g. will games work? manipulatives? stories? role playing? other hands-on activities?)
TECHNOLOGY: What technologies are available in the classroom? Do you have a SmartBoard? Teacher station? LCD projector? Document camera? Internet access? What technology skills are you bringing into the classroom? What can you use when you teach the topic to these particular students?
TPACK.docx
When you have filled this up, save it using the filename "TPACK yourname.docx" . Turn this document into PDF. To turn it into PDF, while on Word on your Mac, click on Print > PDF > Save as PDF.
Upload the PDF version on your wiki page. On your wiki page, go to edit mode > click on File, upload your file, and insert on your page.
DUE: October 9, 2012
2. Classroom Photography – Tips for taking great classroom scenes
Don't get in the teacher's way.Don't set anything up unless you absolutely have to.
Don't ask student to do anything like raise a hand in class.
Tips for Photo Taking
There are a lot of simple and helpful photography tips that can improve the quality of pictures. A few changes in the way you approach taking a photo can make a tremendous difference.
More Tips
3. iPads in Education
Setting up an iPad for teaching
Exploring iPad apps
Assignment 4 – iPad Activity (5 points) Search for an application that teachers can use. It should either be (a) appropriate for the grade level you have been assigned to, or (b) a teacher app that can help you with classroom management, or (c) a teacher resource app. Create a one-page poster with the image of the app, a brief description of the app, and a teaching idea.
To get a screenshot of the app, go to the spotlight and search for GRAB. With your browser open to the particular app, click on Grab, Capture, Selection. Save it. Grab automatically saves in TIFF format. You can insert this image on to your Word document.
To turn your Word document into PDF, go to Print > PDF > Save as PDF. Upload the PDF version on to your wiki.
September 25, 2012
Note to class: Dr. Jodi Nichols, Mr. Jason Huber, and Mrs. Melissa Blank came and showed you SmartBoard tips and tricks on their own time to help you learn how to use SmartBoards. They have given us a big favor. Let's discuss ideas on how best to let them know we appreciate their efforts. If you can get started with a short note on what you learned, that will be great.
1. Sharing Session - 5 points to 3 - 4 people who will share a SmartBoard resource
2. Assignment 3: Creating your own SmartBoard Resource. (10 points)
Start a new notebook file.
Add a title page with a title of your short lesson, your name, FSU, and Fall 2012. Insert appropriate illustrations. This lesson could be on anything. I suggest you pick a topic you love and are very knowledgeable about.
Add a lesson presentation page where you present your short lesson.
Add 2 pages with games for reinforcing learning.
Add a final "Remember!" page for closing your mini lesson.
Grading:
Page 1 - Complete information and illustration, page visually appealing - 2 points
Page 2 - Sufficient information and visuals on lesson, page visually appealing - 2 points
Page 3 and 4 - Games work - 2 points each
Page 5 - Good closing information, page visually appealing - 2 points
Click here for a quick video tutorial to get you started.
Here's a sample lesson:
Next Week: iPads and Field Assignments
September 18 - optional attendance
I will be around to help you with your SmartBoard assignments.
September 21 - FRIDAY, 9 - 11 am - SmartBoard Workshop at the Block Rooms
Required attendance. Be there. Aside from me and the tech lab GAs, there will be several experts coming just to show you how to use the SmartBoard. We're all doing this especially for you!Mr. Jason Huber, Allegany County Technology Infusion Specialist
Mrs. Melissa Blank, Allegany County Technology Infusion Specialist
Dr. Jodi Nichols, FSU
SmartTable Intro:
http://downloads01.smarttech.com/media/trainingcenter/videos/webinar/nb_table.html
Your TaskStream Code:
Block 1: Block1Fall20121 pm Class Roster (section 002)
2 pm Class Roster (section 001)
September 11, 2012
1. Professional Organizations
Math - http://www.nctm.org/
Reading - http://www.reading.org/
Science - http://www.nsta.org/
Social Studies - http://www.socialstudies.org/
Technology - http://www.iste.org/
ECE (if you're in ECE) - www.naeyc.org
2. Assignment 1 due
3. Sharing Session 1: Online Games
4. Topic: Integrating Technology into Teaching; Levels of Technology Integration (LoTI)
5. Lab: Intro to SmartBoards
6. SmartNotebook
Smart Notebook is the software you use to create interactive teaching materials for the SmartBoard.
Locate Smart Notebook on your Mac. Use the magnifier (upper right hand corner) to search for it. Type in "Smart Notebook." Launch the program by double clicking on it.
When it first opens, you'll find a tutorial. Go through this tutorial to become familiar with the program. Keep in mind, though, that there are a few tricks that won't work since you are on a desktop and not a SmartBoard. One example is the activity in which you are supposed to "flick" a basketball. Can't do that on your desktop. This module is great for introducing you to SmartNotebook so please be patient and go through this learning material.
7. Smart Exchange: Locating, Evaluating and Downloading Resources
Go to this link. Join for free. Then find a good teacher-made resource. Click on a resource. Go through the pages by clicking the . Evaluate it. You are looking for a resource that is interactive.
Not so good example: Saving at the Supermarket - This is no better than a PowerPoint slide presentation.
Better example: Place Value
Best example: Groundhog Day
If you think it is really good, go back to SmartExchange and print out the page about this resource. Your print-out should look like this:
Copy and paste the link on your wiki page, too, like this:
Assignment 2: SmartExchange Resource: Groundhog Day:
http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=1db3bd43-e797-4a13-921d-82b0027eed9d
Write a short statement why you consider this a great resource.
Download it on your desktop and try out the interactive elements. Open the file using SmartNotebook.
8. Create your own resource.
Now try your hand at creating your own SmartNotebook resource. It is very similar to creating a PowerPoint presentation. The difference is, you can add interactive elements, such as a game. For your resource, you will need:
1. A first page with title and your name
2. An introduction or lesson presentation page
3. A game
4. Another game
5. A closing page with a reminder for students, e.g. "Keep in mind..."
So think of a short topic.
ASSIGNMENTS
Assignment 2 – SmartBoard Resource from SmartExchange (5 points)
Assignment 3 – SmartBoard Self-Created Resource (with interactive games) (10 points)
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September 4, 2012
Class AgendaAbout PearlTrees
PearlTree Tutorial
Pearl Tree Example
Professional Organizations
Math - http://www.nctm.org/
Reading - http://www.reading.org/
Science - http://www.nsta.org/
Social Studies - http://www.socialstudies.org/
Technology - http://www.iste.org/
ECE (if you're in ECE) - www.naeyc.org